By: Maddie Merritt, Jason Lee, Destini Paige, Baba Ige
Born: December 27, 1571 Died: November 15, 1630(Kepler died in Regensburg, after an illness)
Kepler is remembered for discovering the three laws of planetary motion.
Kepler was one of the most important astronomers in astronomy,
Kepler and Brache
Kepler thought his cosmological theory as giving evidence for the Copernican theory.
Kepler was Tycho Brahe's assistant.
Kepler and Tycho did not believe in the same theories, Tycho believed in the Ptolemy theory and Kepler believed in the Copernicus theory.
Kepler made the best use of Tycho’s observations after Tycho died.
Childhood
Johannes Kepler was born December 27, 1571 in Weil der Stadt, Wurttemberg, Holy Roman Empire.
His father was a mercenary soldier and him mother was the daughter of a innkeeper.
Kepler was the first child.
His father left home when Kepler was five and is thought to have died in the war in the Netherlands
His early school years was in a local school, then went to enrol at the University of Tubingen
Kepler's first Cosmological Model(1596)
Kepler thought his cosmological theory as giving evidence for the Copernican theory.
Kepler was a religious man; all his writings contain many references to God.
Kepler came up with the first correct mathematical theory of the camera obscura (kind of like a projector)and the first correct explanation of the working of the human eyes.
Kepler's 3 Laws of Planetary Motion
Kepler’s first law was that each planet moves in an elliptical orbit, with the sun at one focus of the ellipse.
Kepler’s second law was that a line from the sun to each planet sweeps out equal areas in equal time.
Kepler’s third law is that the periods of the planets are proportional to the 3/2 powers of the major axis lengths of their orbits.
Kepler’s third law is the most remarkable law he made.As an Imperial Mathematician, Kepler’s main task was to write astronomical tables, based on Tycho’s observations.
By: Maddie Merritt, Jason Lee, Destini Paige, Baba Ige
Born: December 27, 1571 Died: November 15, 1630(Kepler died in Regensburg, after an illness)
- Kepler is remembered for discovering the three laws of planetary motion.
- Kepler was one of the most important astronomers in astronomy,
Kepler and BracheChildhood
Kepler's first Cosmological Model(1596)
Kepler's 3 Laws of Planetary Motion
- Kepler’s first law was that each planet moves in an elliptical orbit, with the sun at one focus of the ellipse.
- Kepler’s second law was that a line from the sun to each planet sweeps out equal areas in equal time.
- Kepler’s third law is that the periods of the planets are proportional to the 3/2 powers of the major axis lengths of their orbits.
- Kepler’s third law is the most remarkable law he made.As an Imperial Mathematician, Kepler’s main task was to write astronomical tables, based on Tycho’s observations.
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